Of particular note is the observation by Airbus engineers that by optimizing technology (much of which is available now), flights in Europe and the U.S. could reduce per-trip flight time by 13 minutes, which worldwide would save approximately nine million tons of fuel annually, avoid over 28 million tons of CO2 emissions and cut five million hours from travel time aloft.

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